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    G73JH-A2 hanging at POST when there is a disc in the DVD drive

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by TheStiletto, Dec 6, 2010.

  1. TheStiletto

    TheStiletto Notebook Guru

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    This has been a longstanding problem since I got my laptop months ago, and lately it's really been annoying me. Despite having my boot order changed so that my DVD is last, every time I boot up the thing with a disc in the DVD drive, it sits there at the initial ASUS boot screen for nearly a minute, spinning the damn thing. As soon as I hit the eject button, it starts loading Windows.

    I know the easy workaround is to just not have a disc in the drive, but I have one game that I like to play that isn't on Steam or some other online delivery service. Any way to stop this nonsense?
     
    TheStiletto, Dec 6, 2010
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  2. rorage

    rorage Notebook Evangelist

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    try removing the cd-rom from the boot list.
     
    rorage, Dec 6, 2010
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  3. xxERIKxx

    xxERIKxx Notebook Deity

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    I only had this problem when I was using a disc that was dirty.
     
    xxERIKxx, Dec 6, 2010
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